Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients in Need
Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal, yet dozens of psychiatric hospitals are not adhering to the law, with the government failing to take action.
A nonprofit newsroom, ProPublica, investigates abuses of power and reports on significant stories as they unfold.
A Mother's Urgent Search
In May 2023, Melissa Keele received a distressing call on a Saturday night: her son had been found alone and naked in the Colorado Grand Valley desert, with no signs of his clothes, phone, keys, or car.
“God told him he needed to die,”
Keele recalled her son telling her, after he attempted suicide by driving off a cliff during the COVID-19 pandemic peak.
Keele rushed to find her son, who was in a dire state upon her arrival.
Author's summary: Psychiatric hospitals are turning away patients in urgent need of care.
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